“As long as I have a pig and a garden, no one can tell me what to do”
Land Stewardship
Much of our work is rooted in making land, food, and wellness accessible to communities that are often excluded from traditional gardening and environmental spaces. With access to land, we can restore and share land-based knowledge, skills, and connection that settler-colonial capitalism severed, thus building our collective resilience, sustainability, and self-determination.
All experience levels are welcome! Check out our projects below!
QTL House Garden
At our house in Beacon Hill, we grow a variety of fruit, vegetables, and herbs to share with QTL members and neighbors. Our Land Steward team, volunteers, and membership each contribute monthly labor to support the upkeep and growth of our garden spaces. Work parties could include starting seeds, turning compost piles, pruning shrubs, pulling weeds, watering, and just hanging out!
Work parties are mainly spring through fall and will be announced via social media and our email list.
The house garden is currently on pause during our construction work. Alongside the house renovation , we will build out our garden infrastructure with the support of a local landscaper, community members, and volunteers to improve our gathering and growing areas, incorporating greater ADA accessibility.
Tomatoes
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Apples
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Lemon Balm
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Garlic
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Thyme
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Corn
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Mugwort
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Collards
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Lavender
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Peppers
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Kale
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Oregano
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Grapes
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Rose
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Squash
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Comfrey
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Green Onion
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Potatoes
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Feverfew
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Strawberries
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Tomatoes ✳︎ Apples ✳︎ Lemon Balm ✳︎ Garlic ✳︎ Thyme ✳︎ Corn ✳︎ Mugwort ✳︎ Collards ✳︎ Lavender ✳︎ Peppers ✳︎ Kale ✳︎ Oregano ✳︎ Grapes ✳︎ Rose ✳︎ Squash ✳︎ Comfrey ✳︎ Green Onion ✳︎ Potatoes ✳︎ Feverfew ✳︎ Strawberries ✳︎
Martha Washington Park
As part of Green Seattle Partnership’s Forest Steward program, we support the ongoing stewardship of this understory garden just south of Seward Park as a space to build community and relationships with first food plants of the Coast Salish region, such as camas, Oregon White oak, and various berries.
It is important in respect of this land and its original stewards, the Duwamish (dxʷdəwʔabš), that we learn, tend, and heal these ecosystems, with grounding in reciprocity. We share seeds and bulbs to support other indigenous food sovereignty and ecological restoration projects.
Work parties occur year-round, usually on the 2nd Sunday of the month, and are announced via our social media, email list, and GSP. There’s weeding and harvesting throughout the year; summer is busy with seed collection, and late fall - winter, we plant and divide perennials.
Find our work party details & registration on the GSP Events page →
Workshops
We organize classes, skill-shares, and interpretive nature walks to build community around hands-on learning of land-based skills. Past activities have included herbal medicine making, building raised beds, chicken butchering, native plant ID, and more!
These events are usually free or low-cost, and we pay instructors for planning, supplies, and facilitation. If you’re interested in learning or teaching with us, please fill out our ongoing survey here to inform our event planning as our capacity allows!
Get In Touch
Interested in becoming a garden program volunteer? Looking for native plant seeds or starts? Got an idea for an event or supplies to donate?
If you're interested in working with us, email landstewards@queertheland.org or complete the form with a few details about yourself/your project.
